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and now since barack obama has been president, they have come up with a new idea. the idea of doing not just a rebuttal to the president's state of the union address, but also a rebuttal to their own rebuttal. what? yes. for the third year in a row now, republicans are rebutting themselves as well as rebutting the president. what could possibly go wrong? the first year was 2011 when minnesota congresswoman and eventual presidential candidate michele bachmann gave not the republican party response, but the tea party republican response to the republican response to president obama's state of the union while making meaningful eye contact with something other than the camera that was pointed at her. that was the first one. the year after that, the tea party republican response to the republican response to the state of the union was given by pizza company executive herman cain. >> and so i say in response on behalf of the tea party and citizens people across this country, with all due respect, mr. president, some of us are not stupid. the state of the union is not goo
and now since barack obama has been president, they have come up with a new idea. the idea of doing not just a rebuttal to the president's state of the union address, but also a rebuttal to their own rebuttal. what? yes. for the third year in a row now, republicans are rebutting themselves as well as rebutting the president. what could possibly go wrong? the first year was 2011 when minnesota congresswoman and eventual presidential candidate michele bachmann gave not the republican party...
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he's saying president obama is picking second class people. we'll be right back with the story of dick cheney. >>> also the white party. how did the gop become the home office for conservative whites? a fascinating new story in "the new republic" argues the cause is not overt racism but is based on the pre-civil war southern interpretation of the constitution shared by modern day republicans, you know, secession, nullification. >>> plus, the man who shot osama bin laden, we don't know his name yet and have never seen his face yet, but the member of the s.e.a.l. team who pulled the trigger three times has told his story to "esquire." we've got the author here tonight, phil bronstein. >>> let me finish with some thoughts on the stripe of republican dick cheney leads. the kind that would believe in him. this is "hardball," the place for politics. be fearless! introducing volume without fear of clumps. new covergirl clump crusher. big green brush, curved to crush. 200% more volume. zero clumps. new clump crusher from easy, breezy, beautiful coverg
he's saying president obama is picking second class people. we'll be right back with the story of dick cheney. >>> also the white party. how did the gop become the home office for conservative whites? a fascinating new story in "the new republic" argues the cause is not overt racism but is based on the pre-civil war southern interpretation of the constitution shared by modern day republicans, you know, secession, nullification. >>> plus, the man who shot osama bin...
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president obama hits the road three cities in three days to push his agenda. >> mr. president, if you're truly worried about this issue, why aren't you working with congress that we elected to prevent it? >> reporter: luckily we'll hear more about that tonight. the republican response coming from florida senator marco rubio. >> all right. we'll be keeping on eye on all that. >>> as a reminder, msnbc will have all day coverage of the president's state of the union address beginning with "morning joe" live from washington, d.c. and our prime i'm coverage begins at 8:00 p.m. >>> many around the world are still stunned this morning by pope benedict's surprise announcement he's resigning. this hasn't happened in six centuries. it is creating shock waves even from the sky. lightning hitting st. peter's about a zilicca last night after the news broke. we have a reporter live in vatican city this morning. good morning. >> reporter: a day after the shocking announcemen by pope benedict that he'll resign, more details remerging about that decision. the vatican's own newspaper
president obama hits the road three cities in three days to push his agenda. >> mr. president, if you're truly worried about this issue, why aren't you working with congress that we elected to prevent it? >> reporter: luckily we'll hear more about that tonight. the republican response coming from florida senator marco rubio. >> all right. we'll be keeping on eye on all that. >>> as a reminder, msnbc will have all day coverage of the president's state of the union...
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obama has little time to waste. even the white house understands second terms are tricky things. >> second terms are tricky. i think back to the first term actually. when president obama came into office, part of what he wanted to do was end the sort of -- was change the way we talk about things in washington. not in terms of throwing things at each other but everything's not just left and right. >> right. >> there are other -- >> go back to 2004. yeah. >> whatever. so what i think would be really useful and helpful and positive tonight and perhaps optimistic is some of that. . some new framework or different framework to look at these challenges ahead. frankly, i think we're getting nowhere, if it's just democrat-republican traditional concept of bipartisanship, we are getting nowhere. >> david, if he could figure out a way -- i remember in 2004 in boston when he gave the speech, i remember hearing from one of my most conservative friends in 2004. there's no blue america, no red america. he said, uh-oh. we're in tr
obama has little time to waste. even the white house understands second terms are tricky things. >> second terms are tricky. i think back to the first term actually. when president obama came into office, part of what he wanted to do was end the sort of -- was change the way we talk about things in washington. not in terms of throwing things at each other but everything's not just left and right. >> right. >> there are other -- >> go back to 2004. yeah. >>...
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the parents of hadiya pendleton will be among the guests of first lady michelle obama. she attended hadiya's funeral on saturday and police lieutenant brian murphy hit by 15 bullets responding to the temple shooting last august in wisconsin. newtown victims and first responders also there tonight including a teacher wounded but that survived and rocker turned activist ted nugent who was investigated by the secret service after telling an nra convention, quote, if barack obama's elected i'll be dead or in jail next year this time. he'll be the guest of texas congressman stockman and steve gutierrez a leading voice of immigration reform bringing undocumented immigrant, the south carolina husband and father of two where citizens and fighting deportation and speaker john boehner's guests are a small business owner and an ex-bat boy for the cincinnati reds. mark murray joining us. a guest list says a lot about anyone, having a party at the home or a state of the union. here we have the more controversial guest on the list, i think most people would agree is ted nugent. texas
the parents of hadiya pendleton will be among the guests of first lady michelle obama. she attended hadiya's funeral on saturday and police lieutenant brian murphy hit by 15 bullets responding to the temple shooting last august in wisconsin. newtown victims and first responders also there tonight including a teacher wounded but that survived and rocker turned activist ted nugent who was investigated by the secret service after telling an nra convention, quote, if barack obama's elected i'll be...
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the obama administration is not letting up. today, vice president joe biden met with local leaders and law enforcement officials in philadelphia. today former congresswoman gabby giffords released a new ad. >> take it from me. congress must act. let's get this done. >> let's turn to our congressional panel tonight. let's turn to congressman elijah cummings of maryland joining us. also tonight congresswoman jan schakowsky of illinois and congressman keith ellison of minnesota. great to have all of you with us on the program tonight. >> good to be with you, ed. >> you bet. >> congressman cummings, gun violence is something that has touched you personally, that personal connection. tell the audience what it means to get something done on this issue. >> a year and a half ago, ed, my nephew, christopher cummings, an honor student at old dominion in norfolk, somebody tried to rob him at ak in the morning. and burst into his apartment, and they -- he resisted the robbery, and they killed him. and, you know, ed, i can't even begin to t
the obama administration is not letting up. today, vice president joe biden met with local leaders and law enforcement officials in philadelphia. today former congresswoman gabby giffords released a new ad. >> take it from me. congress must act. let's get this done. >> let's turn to our congressional panel tonight. let's turn to congressman elijah cummings of maryland joining us. also tonight congresswoman jan schakowsky of illinois and congressman keith ellison of minnesota. great...
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president obama does not have a foil on the republican side. he does not have someone that he can deal with. mitch mcconnell maybe, but, remember, mitch mcconnell is up for re-election and is worried about a primary in 2014. you know, when we talk about the possibility of a big deal, i think boehner has been weakened by what happened with the fiscal cliff. mcconnell, i don't think, is fundamentally predisposed to do anything. particularly if it includes raising tacks. so who does he make a deal with? who can deliver the votes? >> and in fact, the senate democrats who are talking about the republicans in the senate who now are a little frightened by the election results and perhaps are looking for ways to come up with solutions, they know that the problem is, mike allen, in the house. the other thing, of course, that's going to be very emotional and send very strong signals is the presence in the chamber of all of these victims, from gabby giffords to the parents from chicago with the first lady. all of these victims of gun violence. >> that's r
president obama does not have a foil on the republican side. he does not have someone that he can deal with. mitch mcconnell maybe, but, remember, mitch mcconnell is up for re-election and is worried about a primary in 2014. you know, when we talk about the possibility of a big deal, i think boehner has been weakened by what happened with the fiscal cliff. mcconnell, i don't think, is fundamentally predisposed to do anything. particularly if it includes raising tacks. so who does he make a deal...